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- No. 277,354. Patented May 8,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN P. SEARS, OF BUFFALO NEW YORK.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,354, dated May 8, 1883.

Application filed February 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWINP. SEARS. of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Halters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of devices whereby the billet or strap which extends downwardly from the throatlatch is connected with the ring through which the chin-strap passes.

The object of my invention is the construction of a simple and strong clasp which can be readily cast of suitable metal, and which is easily attached to said billet or strap.

My invention consists of the peculiar construction of the device, which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is perspective view of a halter provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a front elevation, of the billet and connecting parts. Fig. 4is a bottom plan view of the clip. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing a modified construction of the device.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the throat-latch; B, the chinstrap; 0, the billet or strapconnecting the throat-latch with the chin-strap; and D, the ring through which the chin-strap passes, and which is attached to the lower'end of the billet O.

E represents the clasp or clip which serves to connect the chin-ring D with the billet O.

This clasp or clip is composed of two legs, plates, or leaves, ff, which are attached to the billet O, and a curved bar, g, which connects the lower ends of the plates or leaves], and serves as a support for the chin-ring D. The curved bar g is arranged diagonally with reference to the plates f, as shown in Fig. 4, so that those port-ions of the bar g which are adjacent to the platesf are arranged one near one edge and the other near the opposite edge of the billet, on opposite sides of the chin-ring D, when the latter is in its normal position, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby the curved piece g is adapted to hold the ring D in its normal position. The plates may be secured to the billet O by rivets h, as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3; or they may be provided with openings 17, through which the billet is drawn, as represented in Fig. 5, or they may be secured tothe billet by anyothersuitablemeaus. The ring D is engaged with the clip E before the latter is secured to the billet, and the clip forms a strong, simple, and cheap device for connecting the ring to the billet.

I claim as myinvention In a halter, the combination, with the billet O and chin-ring D, of the clip E, constructed with parallel legsf, secured to said billet, and a curved diagonal bar, g, which connects said legs and supports the chin-ring, substantially as set forth.

EDWIN P. SEARS.

Witnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, CHAS. F. GEYER. 

